Breaking Through to the Fifth Tier
The chill emanating from the iron chains and the erratic gale above the canyon subtly slowed Lu Yan'an's progress. However, given his level of control over his Divine Body, this was merely a minor inconvenience. As he walked, the iron chains, though long and swaying in the wind, became as smooth as walking on flat ground once he got used to it.
However, when Lu Yan'an had walked halfway up the iron chain—
"Whoosh!"
The boundless cold air on the iron chain quickly condensed into a strange beast whose entire body was made of ice. It had a pair of wings carved from black ice and even two heads.
Three strange birds suddenly appeared in mid-air. Each bird, with its wingspan, was no smaller than a human and looked extremely ferocious! These three strange birds seemed to have noticed Lu Yan'an as well. While emitting piercing screech, they also attacked Lu Yan'an in coordination with the strange beast!
"Kill."
Lu Yan'an slashed with his longsword, drawing a graceful arc in mid-air. Although the strange bird swooped down, its wings flapping towards the longsword, the longsword still followed the graceful curve, effortlessly cleaving the leading bird in two.
One fatal blow.
The strange bird immediately fell from the sky and disappeared into the entire canyon.
At the same time, a blade of energy emerged from the void and instantly slashed towards the remaining two strange birds and the icy beast!
Seeing this, the icy beast let out a low roar and charged forward to meet the blade of energy, directly helping the other two strange birds block Lu Yan'an's attack!
"Roar!" "Roar!" "Roar!"
To Lu Yan'an's astonishment, the Frost Beast crushed the blade of energy with its teeth! This scene seemed to inspire the remaining two strange birds, who instantly glided behind Lu Yan'an at incredible speed and began to attack in coordination with the Frost Beast.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" The wind howled, and the iron chains shook violently.
Lu Yan'an stood on the iron chain, trying to maintain his balance while also keeping an eye on the attacks coming from three different directions.
"They seem to be helping me refine my Spiritual Force and willpower?" After repeatedly slashing and blocking these attacks, Lu Yan'an seemed to sense something completely different. Gradually, the Heart Power and willpower that had seeped into every cell of his body seemed to be slowly condensing into something unique!
"The pressure doesn't seem enough! Just a little short! But I never expected that my breakthrough opportunity in willpower Spiritual Force would be here?" In the constant battles, Lu Yan'an's will and Spiritual Force formed a subtle unity! His ability to use leverage against each other, grasp instantaneous changes, and seize the opportunity to kill the enemy in an instant has become stronger and stronger.
Seemingly realizing that they were slowly growing stronger, the two strange birds suddenly stopped their attack and let out a clear cry. In an instant, three more strange birds appeared in mid-air!
"Five? Now the pressure is finally enough!" Lu Yan'an's eyes gleamed brightly. He really hadn't expected someone to deliver a pillow to him so soon after he had just dozed off. However, the number of enemies he had to face had quietly doubled, which was quite a burden. Therefore, his attitude became even more serious!
"When facing an enemy, the force exerted must be shorter and more agile, while maintaining balance at all times. That's the Spiritual Force —the balance between will and mental power. The transformation of Spiritual Force is happening now!" In an instant, Lu Yan'an sheathed the Ordinary Supreme Treasure longsword in his hand, and a surge of new Spiritual Force erupted from his body. The icy beast on the iron chain and the five strange birds circling in mid-air instantly lost consciousness. From this moment on, Lu Yan'an's Soul Path technique officially reached the fifth level!
Lu Yan'an stepped forward on the iron chain. Strangely, the strange birds that he used to occasionally encounter along the way never appeared again after he completed his breakthrough in condensing his Spiritual Force! The same was true for the strange ice beasts that had suddenly appeared on the iron chain; they had completely vanished without a trace!
And so, Lu Yan'an, merely resisting the cold and maintaining his balance, walked to the other end of the long iron chain.
The 100,000-kilometer-long iron chain was completed in very little time thanks to Lu Yan'an's somewhat terrifying speed.
"It took a total of 79 hours and 32 minutes." Lu Yan'an silently recorded the time in his mind and finally determined the time it took to cross the iron chain.
A tiny wormhole appeared ahead of the iron chain.
The wormhole was only three meters in diameter, and its entire surface was dark and twisted.
"I wonder what kind of challenges lie ahead of this wormhole?" Lu Yan'an smiled and shook his head, then stepped into the miniature wormhole.
For him, successfully breaking through to the fifth level by condensing his Spiritual Force was already a huge achievement; even if he were to perish, it wouldn't be too much of a loss! But people's hearts are never satisfied, and it would be even better if he could gain some additional benefits.
"Ugh, so cold! And this isn't a Divine Body cold, it's a cold of the soul and will!"
Having just emerged from this miniature wormhole, Lu Yan'an felt an icy chill. The cold seeped into his body, seemingly penetrating his muscles and seeping into the crevices of his bones. If it were just physical cold, it wouldn't be so bad, since after Lu Yan'an broke through to the Immortal realm, his body had completely transformed into Divine Body, and he didn't know how long it had been since he had felt the concept of cold!
But this cold is completely different from the coldness of the Divine Body; it is a coldness specifically targeting the soul and will! Because the coldness appearing in the soul and will is reflected in the entire Divine Body, it has resulted in Lu Yan'an's current state!
"This is so cold." Lu Yan'an observed the surrounding environment. It was a vast, white ice and snow canyon, with rocks and ice on the ground. There were no plants or animals in sight.
White and cold are the only dominant themes in this place!
"Hmm?" A beam of light suddenly flashed before his eyes. Lu Yan'an looked closely and saw the same thing—a miniature wormhole was radiating a brilliant blue light! However, this time the wormhole was not located hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, but only a few thousand kilometers away.
"Preliminary calculations show that the distance from our current location to the micro wormhole is approximately 3,700 kilometers, which isn't far." With Lu Yan'an's brain, he could almost instantly measure the distance from here to his destination. "But the problem now is that the environment here doesn't seem to be very friendly to my Soul Will. If I can't leave this place in a short time, I'm afraid my will will succumb!" Lu Yan'an murmured.
However, things haven't reached the final point yet. If he really can't hold on any longer, Lu Yan'an can still escape this place by self-destructing. But by then, the opportunities hidden behind the Naya Black Hole will be out of his reach.
"Let's go! Fortunately, after my body transformed into Divine Body, I no longer feel hungry or thirsty, and I can maintain peak physical strength." As Lu Yan'an walked, he mobilized all his Heart Power to try to alleviate the cold that came from his soul and will! With a single thought, he could mobilize all his will and Spiritual Force to resist the surrounding environment.
"The freeze in my will has been completely relieved; it truly lives up to its name as Heart Power. However, this has also increased the strain on my willpower!"
When Lu Yan'an set off, he felt quite relaxed. After all, his Heart Power was relatively abundant, and he flew easily through the canyon, leaving behind afterimages as he moved forward at a speed of over a thousand kilometers per hour. But gradually, Lu Yan'an felt the cold outside rising steadily. The cold began to penetrate his clothes, and the heat generated by his Heart Power was gradually unable to withstand such cold. The chill began to seep into his Soul Will once again.
"Outrageous! No wonder there are no restrictions on flying here anymore! So this is what was waiting for me?" At this moment, Lu Yan'an's teeth were chattering uncontrollably. "If I can't let my Soul Will adapt to this low temperature, no matter how fast I am or how powerful my soul techniques are, there's absolutely no way I can force my way to this finish line!"
Thinking of this, Lu Yan'an took the initiative to step back, and as he stepped back, the temperature of the surrounding environment also rose to a level that he could accept!
"Just as I thought! I was far too reckless!" Feeling a Soul Will wash over him, Lu Yan'an couldn't help but feel annoyed. "If I had proceeded steadily, my Heart Power energy wouldn't have been depleted so much. It was truly a miscalculation!"
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